Dear Relative Who I Will Not Name…
Listen. I love you. You know I do. So much. You…are my FAVORITE person. The ONLY person I rely on.
But…
Seriously.
Take a deep breath.
And a REALLY long and good look at your life.
Then…
tell me how bad it is.
Because, I look at you.
And all the things you do.
And all the things you can afford to allow your kids to do.
And it makes me so sad. Because you don’t appreciate it.
I wish I had just a little tiny bit of what you have…so I can offer it to my children.
But…I don’t.
And you do.
It’s so hard to listen to you…
Constantly complain about EVERYTHING that you DON’T like.
Constantly complain about EVERYTHING that you feel is being done wrong to you.
Constantly complain about EVERYTHING you CAN’T afford.
To me…
Who has…well…not that much.
And…
Here I sit. On a cold Michigan morning. In my KITCHEN. With my family.
While you are on a TROPICAL vacation with your family.
While your pet is being taken care of…free of charge.
While your children get to experience one of my favorite countries…with their parents.
I’m jealous. Very.
About so many different parts of your life.
I LOVE you.
But I know…
You’ll come home and complain about…
How awful your children behaved.
How awful your hubby was.
How awful your pet was taken care of.
How awful…
And I feel so sorry for you.
Because…
It’s you.
No matter what I say to you…
You don’t hear me.
But you…
are SO lucky.
You have 2 GORGEOUS, sweet, smart, wonderful, well rounded children.
You have an AWESOME career.
You have a husband that puts up with all the crap you can dish out…and TRUST ME…I know all the crap you can dish out.
I wish I could shake you.
I wish I could say SOMETHING that would make you see.
I wish.
But…just know…
I love you.
And I will listen to you. ALWAYS.
And I will help you…however I can.
But really…
I will NEVER understand.
Love,
Me
the giveaway is here
Yikes, sounds like that person could really drive you nuts. I know a lot of complainers too. Unfortunately, I do it a little too much too but that’s what I am saving my blog for…to complain to the world instead of those I love…he he…
Anyway, i know you saw the l little sumpin sumpin for ya at my blog. Glad you stopped by!
Does this un-named relative read your blog? Would she recognize herself if she did. It really is kind of sad when someone is so fortunate but can’t see it.
Maybe you might want to think about actually sending that letter. She could be doing some serious psychological damage to her kids with all that whining.
Maybe you can bring it up sometime… about how lucky she is… maybe she will take it to heart…. maybe you should point her in the direction of some blogs where people have REAL problems? Just a thought..
you really do need to send this letter to her.
I think everyone knows someone like that. They just don’t know how good they have it!
I totally have a sister-in-law who I could just cut and paste this and send it off to her. I worry about how well rounded her kids are going to be in the future with all the constant negativity.
this blog must be saving you thousands of dollars on therapy bills.
I was going to say what lorib did. I hope this person realizes how lucky they are before it is too late.
People rarely recognize themselves in these types of situations… this relative is apparently still playing the nothing is going right for me game. The truth is they really can’t hear you when you tell them how lucky they are because they are in such a different place than you. The trick is keep loving them and wishing them the best and when they are ready, they’ll start shedding the layers of poor me and you will be there waiting. 🙂